NCAA Tournament March Madness

#236 Radford

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Radford’s résumé reads like a team that has handled its business against league peers yet still needs a defining moment against a quality foe, with home wins over conference opponents such as Coppin State, VMI, Gardner‑Webb and Charleston Southern balanced against lopsided setbacks at North Carolina, at South Carolina and at SMU that will stick in the committee’s mind. Road victories at SC Upstate and at Presbyterian show the team can win away from home but carry limited weight because of opponent quality, and a neutral loss to Wright State and a handful of close defeats at Winthrop and High Point undercut the argument for an at-large case. The remaining slate includes a home date against Gardner‑Webb and games against SC Upstate and Longwood that are opportunities to strengthen seeding while a trip to Asheville represents the toughest chance to add a resume‑changing result. Given the absence of a marquee nonconference win and the presence of damaging losses against major opponents the clearest path to the NCAA tournament for this group runs through securing the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3W Illinois361W80-75
11/11@North Carolina28L89-74
11/15(N)Wright St147L92-59
11/16(N)Cleveland St304L87-82
11/18@South Carolina98L87-58
11/21UNC Wilmington107L81-73
11/24@SMU38L89-72
12/3Southern Miss241L82-75
12/7St Francis PA356W89-56
12/14Coppin St364W107-77
12/18@William & Mary125L96-83
12/21VMI360W97-90
12/31@SC Upstate299W76-69
1/7Presbyterian285W80-61
1/10UNC Asheville224L91-72
1/14@Gardner Webb363W89-80
1/17Longwood284W85-83
1/21@Winthrop132L76-75
1/23High Point92L93-83
1/29@Charleston So247W84-75
1/31@Presbyterian285W93-84
2/4Winthrop132L80-78
2/7@High Point92L86-77
2/14Charleston So247W90-80
2/19Gardner Webb36395%
2/21@UNC Asheville22436%
2/26SC Upstate29973%
2/28@Longwood28449%